BSP chief Mayawati justifies her statues in affidavit to Supreme Court, says it was the will of people: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Tuesday substantiated installing statues of herself and the party symbol, the elephant across many cities in Uttar Pradesh, saying it was the will of the people. In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister asserted that the whether the money spent over building the statues should have been spent on education or hospitals was a debatable question but could not be decided by a court.